A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Homer in Alaska on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.6 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:05:40 / 5:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -152.4373 West, latitude 59.1273 North, depth = 54.6 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/10/17 / 2017-10-20 03:05:40 / October 20, 2017 @ 3:05 am. Event id: ak17090446. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak17090446.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Homer. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 76 km SW of Homer, Alaska.
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